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Chicago examiner vol vil no 155 a m , saturday june 1 9 1 909 1 8 pages price one cent f 7 i 30 cants per month democrats force own income tax in senate tift bill held up aldrich fights m vain to stop coup real battle starts to-day sherman ruling a blow administration measure sent back by finance commit tee root at work washington june 18 the bailey cummins amendment to the tariff bill for mi income tax that will apply to in dividuals as well as corporations was re ported for consideration half an hour be j fore the senate's adjournment tins after i noon it is on the calendar for to-morrow i thus at last the light is on as to whether j the democratic party's idea shall prevail or a tax on incomes from corporations only shall be available senator aldrich tried all the arts and subtleties known to his mind and to the parliamentary usage to have the amend ment go over he agreed that if bailey would permit it to wait until the free list was disposed of there would be no objection to a vote he gave bailey his personal word that he would not then attempt to defeat nor try to prevent a direct vote why not take a vote on it now asked senator mclaurin one time is as goou as another most of the senators are here but aldrich dlssenled if you will give us .-, vote this even ing said mclaurin it may be neces sary for the senator from rhode island to presem his substitute providing only for 1 rax on corporations let us vote you gentlemen assume to be strong enough to defeat the bailey amendment then why defer finding out positively whether you are or not Taft bill is sent back still aldrich objected lie said that with in twenty-four hours his substitute would be reaily to present 60 i lie s-nate until that was done he objected to a vote then he , tried to have the vice president rule that the bailey amendment after to-night had lapsed but the vice president held that such eonhl not be and that while an amendment was pending and a senator had the floor as the senate adourned he was entitled to resume it when the senate met next day mr bailey will therefore go on to-morrow all democrats have been requested to be m their scats as - have the republicans the administration bill as prepared by president Taft senator root attorney general wlckersham and secretary of state knox did not satisfy the finance - committee and it was sent back yester day to the president to have its alleged defects remedied what they are cannot be learned but among other things it is said senator root's adroit hand presented it so that loopholes for the supreme court to go through with pails of disapproving ink are as big as the capitol building it is understood that the administration forces are now hard at work endeavoring to so shape the law as to include bonds m the scheme of taxation print paper is to lie dutiable at 4 as provided for m the aldrich bill under the present law the duty is 6 the payne hill had reduced it to 2 wood pulp is to he voted on at some future time senator bailey succeeded m stirring to white heat senator hughes the demo cratic member from colorado it looked for a moment as if there might be a per sonal conflict hughes had defended the democratic platform as adopted at denver bailey attacked the coloradoan question ing both his democracy and integrity and intimated that when the senator had voted for a protective tariff on lead he had been influenced by questionable motives hughes returns attack turning to the coloradoan he accused him of belonging to the trust powers hughes got to his feet his face livid with anger bis fingers shaking as if palsied he told bailey that as big as he thought he was as powerful as he was m speech he still refused to be dominated by him and when he said hughes went on that he was controlled by criminal intent the statement was as false as a falseiiood could be i have no criticism to make of am democrat or of any republican as to how they may vote 1 am the keeper of ,â€ž, conscience and i consult my own mind ' when i make a public utterance ana n hi 1 vote the senator from texas talked masteri who are they where d th ey come from i know of none and not even the senator from texas need attempt m master me or my convictions he says the real remedy of the trnÂ«t evil is to put some of their members m jail he goes about with a lariat and a revolver seeking to slay or to hang to some limb i would inform the senator that out m my country we do not make threats we do not go about bragging about what we are going to do we enact laws which spply to criminals and we enforce tiiein " aldrich and his aids sat with eyes rivited apon tli infuriated coloradoan in defending an income tax and criti ' rising the proposed aldrich amendment senator hughes called attention to the fact that twelve states only were required to defeat a constitutional amendment and that the senators now professing to be friendly to the measure first wanted how ever to remove it from legal entangle ments of the future knowing that such an amendment would be lost the bill he said was not m the hands of its friends they were preparing to stran"le it forever senator lorimer took the oath of office to-day as successor to former senator hopkins nf Illinois he was escorted to the desk by bis colleague senator cullom and was sworn m hy the vice president he was assigned to a seat m the cherol tee strip facts about cobe cup automobile race at crown point to=day distance 355.66 utiles seventeen times around the course of 23.27424 miles start of race 8 a m probable speed per hour 60 miles probable duration of race 6 hours 45 minutes number of entries 12 probable starters 12 referee asa payne of minne apolis starter pred j wagner of new york cars will be started beginning with no 1 and followed through numerically at intervals of one minute each names of cars drivers and start ing numbers n iâ€”stoddard-day1 â€” stoddard-day ton b miller 2 â€” knox w bourque 3 â€” apperson j seymour 4 bnick i strang sâ€”stoddard-d5 â€” stoddard-d ay ton . c.engl ebeck 6 â€” locomobile j florida 7 â€” knox a denison bâ€”apperson8 â€” apperson herbert dytle 9 â€” locomobile g robertson 10 â€” b nick 1 chevrolet 11 â€” piat bd a hen rue 12 â€” buick b bur man reproduce roman amphitheater rere harlow n higinbotham heads movement to erect build ing for great gatherings rome's famous amphitheater the struc ture m which the rulers and the populace of the roman empire witnessed the rights of gladiators with lions tigers leopards and bails is to be reproduced m Chicago according to harlow n higinbotham it is planned by mr higinbotham and other business men associated with him m the enterprise to start the work of con struction early m the winter and to have the building completed m the fall of i 10 this modern amphitheater if the higiu botham plans are realized will cover an entire block at michigan aveuue and thirty-ninth street it is to cost 3,000 000 its boundaries will be michigan avenue thirty-ninth street wabash ave nue and fortieth street this modern amphitheater will be three times as large as the madison square 1 harden now the lagest hall m the coun try it will be 000 feet long and 340 feet wide these dimensions duplicate 1 those of its roman model it will be 100 feet high exclusive of the arena it will have seating capacity for io,ooo people in cluding the arena the seating capacity will be 413,000 the floor area will be 200,000 square feet the structure will be cliptical m form and can be converted into a theater or spectatorium for large spectacular produc tions society events such as the horse show and automobile shows can also be easily accommodated there it can also be converted into an arena for indoor athletic contests including football but the main purpose of the building will be for commercial and industrial ex positions of a large and important nature across the street on the north side of thirty-ninth street and connected by a subway and bridge with the amphitheater will be a supplementary building to be known as the exposition palace it will be 350 feet long so feet wide and 100 feet high with 12."i.000 square feet of floor space this building is intended to accom modate all the commercial and industrial exhibitions of the city exhibits will be on display there all the year round the enterprise is declared by mr higin bofbam's representatives to have the of ficial backing of the Illinois manufac turers association and the unofficial m ; dorsement 01 the Chicago commercial as sociation several of the city's leading clubs and other social organizations are also expected to give formal indorsement to the enterprise options have been acquired on property needed m the two blocks at thirty-ninth street and michigan avenue and mr hig inbotham says all public spirited citizens and organizations will be given an oppor tunity to subscribe for the stock of the construction company the winner grossing the line at 78 miles an hour mishaps and hardship incidents of great race meet one of the m/shaps of th day a>rt?rf7 ebjn au to iviefccre monkey pickpocket aids in robbing 6 chicagoans whole detail of police sent on search for acrobatic animal which re lieved pedestrians of watches the police are searching for what they believe to lie one of the cleverest and most dangerous pickpockets that has operated m Chicago - for some time no less i ban six watches it is said have paid tribute to his delicate touch within the past few days his mode of operation is unique he jumps on the victim's back and m the scrimmage that follows the timepiece mysteriously dis appears the alleged thief is a monkey for a week it is said he has been going around the streets ostensibly picking up pennies while his keeper an italian ground out flashy music on a hand organ last night albert reddick an employe of the american music hall was standing on the sidewalk when jocko happened along with a quick bound the monkey was on bis head reddick with difficulty got rid of bis unwelcome burden the italian and jocko disappeared around the corner reddick a few moments later discovered his loss he reported the theft and the police discovered that several similar losses had been reported and ili.it the acrobatic monkey figured m each of them plain clothes men were sent out to search for the italian and the monkey snap up selfridge stock british public m itiish to buy shares after incorporation special cable to the examiner london june i h g selfridge who has stirred up london by opening the finest of modern department stores has in corporated his business and solo shares to the public the capital of the enterprise is 4,500,000 2,0t!0.000 of wlih-li is pre ferred shares with a guarantee of i per cent interest english investors at once subscribed the capital an effort by a cer tain clique of financiers always hostile to americans to embarrass selfridge was ig nored by the british public another dry goods linn appealed to the public on the same day as selfridge but failed to affect the chicagoan's proposition count is killed as balloon fulls mile countess and two others hurt m tragedy before 100,000 at st petersburg st petersburg june is.-iu sight of at least 100/hio persons a balloon carrying two counts a countess and an army cap tain fell a mile into a suburban garden here to : lay one man being instantly killed the other two men and the woman being probably fatally injured the cause of the accident was pulling of the rip cord which sent the balloon to the earth like a stone the passengers were court chamberlain l'alitzin who was killed his wife count rostofftseff director of the private chan cellory of the empress and captain korbe of the engineer corps korbe was m charge and took the bal loon to an deration of a mile korbe de cided to make the descent and prepared to pull a cord and let the gas escape itos tofl'tseff caught the rip cord and strained on it with all his strength korbe saw the mistake and tried m vain to jerk the cord from his grasp the'entire side of the balloon was ripped open and all the gas escaped korbe quickly cut away alh the ballast but the basket with its four occupants dropped as rapidly as the sand bags when with in 100 feet of the ground the basket over turned and the three men and the woman were thrown out palitzia fell into an apple tree and his deck was broken rostofftseff also struck the tree going through it to the ground his skull was fractured and he sustained internal injuries the countess struck the ground on her right shoulder and she was unconscious for three hours korbe landed on the slanting roof ot a summer house and slipped to the grass his left leg was broken and be sustained internal injuries many women fainted while the balloon was falling , trust sugar cargo loses u s 12,000 shrinkage of 702,671 pounds on trip from java to new york i - â€” â€” how cargo lost 315 tons on which duty was saved the following statement shows how the cargo of sugar carried by the steamship dunbar to the american sugar company lost 102,671 pounds between java and new york on this amount the sugar trust did not have to pay duly bil of hiding it l wtfght lb touts weight sotirabaya 2.80!i,ik:5.4s 2.504.71 1 i souinbaya 2,82n.-tii.m 2.55,5.,,8 i sanutnmg 2,720,295.48 2.012,a7s ' te:_-il 2,720,-htiss 2.s;ni.r,ii | tcgal 527.0tu.24 fio.s^j s\m raixigp and samples i:;.i>j tnti-ls 11.7::4.(^7.'.)2 u,032,0t0 diitcrence m weights 702,671 total weight m ions as per bill of lading 3,238 total weight m tons as per united states customs freight outturn 4,'.12 ap parent net loss m weight 313 tons philadelphia june 18.â€”develop ments m this city add another interesting | chapter to the story of the operations if the / american suguc kenning company better known as the sugar trust which has been convicted of defrauding the gov ernment out of millions of dollars acroniiu to this latest allegation which is hacked up with evidence the govern ment lost 12,000 duty on cue cargo of sugar alone that carried by the steamship dunbar which was discharged at the haveniever & elder refinery m septem ber 1!Â«i4 when the dunbar left java for xew york m july of that year it is said she carried 11,7.'i4.t107 pounds of sugar but when she reached the customs inspectors at new york employes of the sugar trust convinced the government officials that the cargo bad shrunk 702 71 pounds ou the trip this was a shrinkage of more than il.'i tons of sugar nearly i per eehl of the entire cargo although the records show that shrinkage in a cargo of sugar seldom exceeds oue-half of 1 per olll it is alleged that while the sugar trust was able to evade paying duty on 702,(171 pounds of sugar it made no attempt to get a reduction from the owners of the dunbar who were paid for carrying the entire cargo new york june is the government's investigation of the sugar trust progressed so rapidly to-day that the united states grand jury is expected early next week to have evidence upon which an indictment of the trust will be asked for violating the sherman anti-trust law i'uder direct instructions from the de dr.m'cormick's son confesses swindle passes bad checks on chi | cago friends of father university head on the strength of his father's mime i jumps 1 xlccoriuick sou of the rev sain ttel b mccbnnicki cbanoeilpr of the uni versity of pittsburg victimized some of lie wealthiest citizens of Chicago with tfo'ftnless cheeks and lolled m luxury at the cnion league club he is now m jail charged with operating a confidence i game the licv mr meoormick was told nf his soil's troubles hint uv-lii s he was leaving home to deliver a lecture m th carnegie institute â– pittsburg he was almost uver i come j it is an awful thing but 1 must eon fess it was not altogether unexpected t â– me said he i had heard from four of the gentlemen victimized regarding tiio cheeks it is one of those cases m which then is nothing i can do 1 will not go to Chicago tcnnlght but may in a few days it is known that young mecormicli left borne some time ago after quarreling with his father ills tendencies toward betting ou athletic eveuts ii is raid caused the rev mr mct'onnicfc much anxiety and it is feared a lot f money jim mccor mick as he is known was a star half back on the ruivcrsity of wttsburg football eleven iteri-iiily it is said he got m with gamblers and bet heavily ou races and ! basi bait it is claimed that with ethers he formed a popl to bet against the pitts burg team and went broke met'ormick admits that a wasted college life started him on the wrong path he names eight victims upon whom he passed worthless checks they are john c petzer sto john fletcher asssistant cashier of the drovers national bank ?"(>: james h douglas vice-president of the quaker oats company sr,o everett sisson publisher of jibe interior 50 union league clulir 40 sherman hou^e 40 e oxley traveling salesman for the albert dickinson feed company 10 and 11 humble said to have offices m the ohio building when slsson discovered the check he had cashed was worthless he caused a war rant to be issued for mcl'ormick's arrest the kcv william chalmers covert pastor of the forty-first street presbyterian church had been previously warned and refused to cash a check for io . he lu viieil mcl'ormiek to call later detectives stark and johnson were awaiting him or his second visit and placed him under ar rest matson's car first in race that thrills a throng chalmers-detroit car wins trophy after averaging 51 1-2 miles anjiour rob ertson is 2d and monsonsd Chicago society braves cold m night rides and camps before dawn at course spectator's auto wrecked race is run without serious accident as 25,000 mostly women cheer cobe event to attract 100,000 to-day zly a staff correspondent crown poixt ind june l â€” joe matson a sturdy young dane stolid and phlegmatic defied many dangers for 14 hours 31 minutes and 21 second on the crown point-lowell speedway course to-day and won the western i stock chassis race for the indiana trophy from a field of fifteen com petitors it was the first big automobile race m which matson had over sat m the car as a driver yesterday he was practically an unknown chauffeur to day he has made a name for hims and has won fame by his daring \\ ovl at the wheel of his dimmers-detroit car for 232.74 miles over i course tsa ; wound itself uphill and down h e j sometimes on loads as smooth a a | marble floor at other times on strstahes that were badly cut up and raekii g i both machine and driver mai n pushed his car at an average speed of a little over 51vs miles an hour the time fori light cars has set a mark that automobile men say to night will be hard to beat for years to come the victory of the durable dime ' â€” which was a popular victory m every ! sense of the word â€” was won m ihe presence of 25.000 people stretched out lover the entire length of the track not a serious accident marred une day's sport the first of the two day - | carnival that is being held under the auspices of the Chicago automobile club six of sixteen starters finish sixteen cars started on the spectacu | lar race early m the morning s,x i cars finished others gave up the rflie i through mishaps and other causss i but no car was put entirely ou of i commission and no driver received ai j much as a scratch the day was perfect for the sport conditions were ideal the speedway was m excellent shape the cars we c tuned to the highest notch and the nerves of the men were stretched to their utmost tension starting last m a field of sixteen racing machines matson driving his car to the limit of its power overtook ihls competitors one by one twisting i and squirming waiting for a piece of favorable road taking advantage of every favoring circumstance ma son the llaxen-haired young giant drove a race of consummate skill the vi lory is as much a matson victory as it is a victory for the makers of the machine ; i which he guiied over the perilous course the first of the big automobile road races m the west was run to-day m the presence of a crowd that iva a wildly enthusiastic if not a tremen dously large one women m the majority a majorits of the crowd that aw the race to-day m which records were made were women they were women | who had braved all sorts and manners ef hardship and adventures m order to see the sport hundreds o then | braved long night rides m the 1.11117 june air many had campd om -_- , the long hours in the darkr."ss others were hungry many were disheveled 1 yet no sooner had the autos began their thrilling dashes around the speedway course than all of the dis comforts and the sufferings and every . thing else were forgotten there were eyes after that only for thf men at the steering wheels of the cars women sat for hour m the sun and m the pool breezes which at times \ were really too chillj tor comfort wli a never a thought ot persona disconfll continued on 4th page 2d column r-tuwiwiiiil nuwugiwwihmtiiiiiwkmr tmwbbjbp m weather forecast 5l f h Chicago and vicinity fair l e v saturday probably becoming unset s j i tied sunday rising temperature t='j lu southerly winds fig fro truth never grows old livwh i s that's why it's here repeated â€” w j v a it pays to read t'.r jgi examiner want ads j for coupon m examiner's free piano distribution see page 6 take advantage of the bargains bargains m many lines are to be found among the classi fied advertisements on pages 15 16 and 17 if not to be found among the following it will pay you to look under all of the classifications store and office fixtures animals and birds typewriters poultry billiard and pool tables horses and carriages printing and binding barter and exchange bicycles and supplies plumbers supplies etc it will pay you to read the classified ads every day -.-â€” " " " -

Chicago examiner vol vil no 155 a m , saturday june 1 9 1 909 1 8 pages price one cent f 7 i 30 cants per month democrats force own income tax in senate tift bill held up aldrich fights m vain to stop coup real battle starts to-day sherman ruling a blow administration measure sent back by finance commit tee root at work washington june 18 the bailey cummins amendment to the tariff bill for mi income tax that will apply to in dividuals as well as corporations was re ported for consideration half an hour be j fore the senate's adjournment tins after i noon it is on the calendar for to-morrow i thus at last the light is on as to whether j the democratic party's idea shall prevail or a tax on incomes from corporations only shall be available senator aldrich tried all the arts and subtleties known to his mind and to the parliamentary usage to have the amend ment go over he agreed that if bailey would permit it to wait until the free list was disposed of there would be no objection to a vote he gave bailey his personal word that he would not then attempt to defeat nor try to prevent a direct vote why not take a vote on it now asked senator mclaurin one time is as goou as another most of the senators are here but aldrich dlssenled if you will give us .-, vote this even ing said mclaurin it may be neces sary for the senator from rhode island to presem his substitute providing only for 1 rax on corporations let us vote you gentlemen assume to be strong enough to defeat the bailey amendment then why defer finding out positively whether you are or not Taft bill is sent back still aldrich objected lie said that with in twenty-four hours his substitute would be reaily to present 60 i lie s-nate until that was done he objected to a vote then he , tried to have the vice president rule that the bailey amendment after to-night had lapsed but the vice president held that such eonhl not be and that while an amendment was pending and a senator had the floor as the senate adourned he was entitled to resume it when the senate met next day mr bailey will therefore go on to-morrow all democrats have been requested to be m their scats as - have the republicans the administration bill as prepared by president Taft senator root attorney general wlckersham and secretary of state knox did not satisfy the finance - committee and it was sent back yester day to the president to have its alleged defects remedied what they are cannot be learned but among other things it is said senator root's adroit hand presented it so that loopholes for the supreme court to go through with pails of disapproving ink are as big as the capitol building it is understood that the administration forces are now hard at work endeavoring to so shape the law as to include bonds m the scheme of taxation print paper is to lie dutiable at 4 as provided for m the aldrich bill under the present law the duty is 6 the payne hill had reduced it to 2 wood pulp is to he voted on at some future time senator bailey succeeded m stirring to white heat senator hughes the demo cratic member from colorado it looked for a moment as if there might be a per sonal conflict hughes had defended the democratic platform as adopted at denver bailey attacked the coloradoan question ing both his democracy and integrity and intimated that when the senator had voted for a protective tariff on lead he had been influenced by questionable motives hughes returns attack turning to the coloradoan he accused him of belonging to the trust powers hughes got to his feet his face livid with anger bis fingers shaking as if palsied he told bailey that as big as he thought he was as powerful as he was m speech he still refused to be dominated by him and when he said hughes went on that he was controlled by criminal intent the statement was as false as a falseiiood could be i have no criticism to make of am democrat or of any republican as to how they may vote 1 am the keeper of ,â€ž, conscience and i consult my own mind ' when i make a public utterance ana n hi 1 vote the senator from texas talked masteri who are they where d th ey come from i know of none and not even the senator from texas need attempt m master me or my convictions he says the real remedy of the trnÂ«t evil is to put some of their members m jail he goes about with a lariat and a revolver seeking to slay or to hang to some limb i would inform the senator that out m my country we do not make threats we do not go about bragging about what we are going to do we enact laws which spply to criminals and we enforce tiiein " aldrich and his aids sat with eyes rivited apon tli infuriated coloradoan in defending an income tax and criti ' rising the proposed aldrich amendment senator hughes called attention to the fact that twelve states only were required to defeat a constitutional amendment and that the senators now professing to be friendly to the measure first wanted how ever to remove it from legal entangle ments of the future knowing that such an amendment would be lost the bill he said was not m the hands of its friends they were preparing to stran"le it forever senator lorimer took the oath of office to-day as successor to former senator hopkins nf Illinois he was escorted to the desk by bis colleague senator cullom and was sworn m hy the vice president he was assigned to a seat m the cherol tee strip facts about cobe cup automobile race at crown point to=day distance 355.66 utiles seventeen times around the course of 23.27424 miles start of race 8 a m probable speed per hour 60 miles probable duration of race 6 hours 45 minutes number of entries 12 probable starters 12 referee asa payne of minne apolis starter pred j wagner of new york cars will be started beginning with no 1 and followed through numerically at intervals of one minute each names of cars drivers and start ing numbers n iâ€”stoddard-day1 â€” stoddard-day ton b miller 2 â€” knox w bourque 3 â€” apperson j seymour 4 bnick i strang sâ€”stoddard-d5 â€” stoddard-d ay ton . c.engl ebeck 6 â€” locomobile j florida 7 â€” knox a denison bâ€”apperson8 â€” apperson herbert dytle 9 â€” locomobile g robertson 10 â€” b nick 1 chevrolet 11 â€” piat bd a hen rue 12 â€” buick b bur man reproduce roman amphitheater rere harlow n higinbotham heads movement to erect build ing for great gatherings rome's famous amphitheater the struc ture m which the rulers and the populace of the roman empire witnessed the rights of gladiators with lions tigers leopards and bails is to be reproduced m Chicago according to harlow n higinbotham it is planned by mr higinbotham and other business men associated with him m the enterprise to start the work of con struction early m the winter and to have the building completed m the fall of i 10 this modern amphitheater if the higiu botham plans are realized will cover an entire block at michigan aveuue and thirty-ninth street it is to cost 3,000 000 its boundaries will be michigan avenue thirty-ninth street wabash ave nue and fortieth street this modern amphitheater will be three times as large as the madison square 1 harden now the lagest hall m the coun try it will be 000 feet long and 340 feet wide these dimensions duplicate 1 those of its roman model it will be 100 feet high exclusive of the arena it will have seating capacity for io,ooo people in cluding the arena the seating capacity will be 413,000 the floor area will be 200,000 square feet the structure will be cliptical m form and can be converted into a theater or spectatorium for large spectacular produc tions society events such as the horse show and automobile shows can also be easily accommodated there it can also be converted into an arena for indoor athletic contests including football but the main purpose of the building will be for commercial and industrial ex positions of a large and important nature across the street on the north side of thirty-ninth street and connected by a subway and bridge with the amphitheater will be a supplementary building to be known as the exposition palace it will be 350 feet long so feet wide and 100 feet high with 12."i.000 square feet of floor space this building is intended to accom modate all the commercial and industrial exhibitions of the city exhibits will be on display there all the year round the enterprise is declared by mr higin bofbam's representatives to have the of ficial backing of the Illinois manufac turers association and the unofficial m ; dorsement 01 the Chicago commercial as sociation several of the city's leading clubs and other social organizations are also expected to give formal indorsement to the enterprise options have been acquired on property needed m the two blocks at thirty-ninth street and michigan avenue and mr hig inbotham says all public spirited citizens and organizations will be given an oppor tunity to subscribe for the stock of the construction company the winner grossing the line at 78 miles an hour mishaps and hardship incidents of great race meet one of the m/shaps of th day a>rt?rf7 ebjn au to iviefccre monkey pickpocket aids in robbing 6 chicagoans whole detail of police sent on search for acrobatic animal which re lieved pedestrians of watches the police are searching for what they believe to lie one of the cleverest and most dangerous pickpockets that has operated m Chicago - for some time no less i ban six watches it is said have paid tribute to his delicate touch within the past few days his mode of operation is unique he jumps on the victim's back and m the scrimmage that follows the timepiece mysteriously dis appears the alleged thief is a monkey for a week it is said he has been going around the streets ostensibly picking up pennies while his keeper an italian ground out flashy music on a hand organ last night albert reddick an employe of the american music hall was standing on the sidewalk when jocko happened along with a quick bound the monkey was on bis head reddick with difficulty got rid of bis unwelcome burden the italian and jocko disappeared around the corner reddick a few moments later discovered his loss he reported the theft and the police discovered that several similar losses had been reported and ili.it the acrobatic monkey figured m each of them plain clothes men were sent out to search for the italian and the monkey snap up selfridge stock british public m itiish to buy shares after incorporation special cable to the examiner london june i h g selfridge who has stirred up london by opening the finest of modern department stores has in corporated his business and solo shares to the public the capital of the enterprise is 4,500,000 2,0t!0.000 of wlih-li is pre ferred shares with a guarantee of i per cent interest english investors at once subscribed the capital an effort by a cer tain clique of financiers always hostile to americans to embarrass selfridge was ig nored by the british public another dry goods linn appealed to the public on the same day as selfridge but failed to affect the chicagoan's proposition count is killed as balloon fulls mile countess and two others hurt m tragedy before 100,000 at st petersburg st petersburg june is.-iu sight of at least 100/hio persons a balloon carrying two counts a countess and an army cap tain fell a mile into a suburban garden here to : lay one man being instantly killed the other two men and the woman being probably fatally injured the cause of the accident was pulling of the rip cord which sent the balloon to the earth like a stone the passengers were court chamberlain l'alitzin who was killed his wife count rostofftseff director of the private chan cellory of the empress and captain korbe of the engineer corps korbe was m charge and took the bal loon to an deration of a mile korbe de cided to make the descent and prepared to pull a cord and let the gas escape itos tofl'tseff caught the rip cord and strained on it with all his strength korbe saw the mistake and tried m vain to jerk the cord from his grasp the'entire side of the balloon was ripped open and all the gas escaped korbe quickly cut away alh the ballast but the basket with its four occupants dropped as rapidly as the sand bags when with in 100 feet of the ground the basket over turned and the three men and the woman were thrown out palitzia fell into an apple tree and his deck was broken rostofftseff also struck the tree going through it to the ground his skull was fractured and he sustained internal injuries the countess struck the ground on her right shoulder and she was unconscious for three hours korbe landed on the slanting roof ot a summer house and slipped to the grass his left leg was broken and be sustained internal injuries many women fainted while the balloon was falling , trust sugar cargo loses u s 12,000 shrinkage of 702,671 pounds on trip from java to new york i - â€” â€” how cargo lost 315 tons on which duty was saved the following statement shows how the cargo of sugar carried by the steamship dunbar to the american sugar company lost 102,671 pounds between java and new york on this amount the sugar trust did not have to pay duly bil of hiding it l wtfght lb touts weight sotirabaya 2.80!i,ik:5.4s 2.504.71 1 i souinbaya 2,82n.-tii.m 2.55,5.,,8 i sanutnmg 2,720,295.48 2.012,a7s ' te:_-il 2,720,-htiss 2.s;ni.r,ii | tcgal 527.0tu.24 fio.s^j s\m raixigp and samples i:;.i>j tnti-ls 11.7::4.(^7.'.)2 u,032,0t0 diitcrence m weights 702,671 total weight m ions as per bill of lading 3,238 total weight m tons as per united states customs freight outturn 4,'.12 ap parent net loss m weight 313 tons philadelphia june 18.â€”develop ments m this city add another interesting | chapter to the story of the operations if the / american suguc kenning company better known as the sugar trust which has been convicted of defrauding the gov ernment out of millions of dollars acroniiu to this latest allegation which is hacked up with evidence the govern ment lost 12,000 duty on cue cargo of sugar alone that carried by the steamship dunbar which was discharged at the haveniever & elder refinery m septem ber 1!Â«i4 when the dunbar left java for xew york m july of that year it is said she carried 11,7.'i4.t107 pounds of sugar but when she reached the customs inspectors at new york employes of the sugar trust convinced the government officials that the cargo bad shrunk 702 71 pounds ou the trip this was a shrinkage of more than il.'i tons of sugar nearly i per eehl of the entire cargo although the records show that shrinkage in a cargo of sugar seldom exceeds oue-half of 1 per olll it is alleged that while the sugar trust was able to evade paying duty on 702,(171 pounds of sugar it made no attempt to get a reduction from the owners of the dunbar who were paid for carrying the entire cargo new york june is the government's investigation of the sugar trust progressed so rapidly to-day that the united states grand jury is expected early next week to have evidence upon which an indictment of the trust will be asked for violating the sherman anti-trust law i'uder direct instructions from the de dr.m'cormick's son confesses swindle passes bad checks on chi | cago friends of father university head on the strength of his father's mime i jumps 1 xlccoriuick sou of the rev sain ttel b mccbnnicki cbanoeilpr of the uni versity of pittsburg victimized some of lie wealthiest citizens of Chicago with tfo'ftnless cheeks and lolled m luxury at the cnion league club he is now m jail charged with operating a confidence i game the licv mr meoormick was told nf his soil's troubles hint uv-lii s he was leaving home to deliver a lecture m th carnegie institute â– pittsburg he was almost uver i come j it is an awful thing but 1 must eon fess it was not altogether unexpected t â– me said he i had heard from four of the gentlemen victimized regarding tiio cheeks it is one of those cases m which then is nothing i can do 1 will not go to Chicago tcnnlght but may in a few days it is known that young mecormicli left borne some time ago after quarreling with his father ills tendencies toward betting ou athletic eveuts ii is raid caused the rev mr mct'onnicfc much anxiety and it is feared a lot f money jim mccor mick as he is known was a star half back on the ruivcrsity of wttsburg football eleven iteri-iiily it is said he got m with gamblers and bet heavily ou races and ! basi bait it is claimed that with ethers he formed a popl to bet against the pitts burg team and went broke met'ormick admits that a wasted college life started him on the wrong path he names eight victims upon whom he passed worthless checks they are john c petzer sto john fletcher asssistant cashier of the drovers national bank ?"(>: james h douglas vice-president of the quaker oats company sr,o everett sisson publisher of jibe interior 50 union league clulir 40 sherman hou^e 40 e oxley traveling salesman for the albert dickinson feed company 10 and 11 humble said to have offices m the ohio building when slsson discovered the check he had cashed was worthless he caused a war rant to be issued for mcl'ormick's arrest the kcv william chalmers covert pastor of the forty-first street presbyterian church had been previously warned and refused to cash a check for io . he lu viieil mcl'ormiek to call later detectives stark and johnson were awaiting him or his second visit and placed him under ar rest matson's car first in race that thrills a throng chalmers-detroit car wins trophy after averaging 51 1-2 miles anjiour rob ertson is 2d and monsonsd Chicago society braves cold m night rides and camps before dawn at course spectator's auto wrecked race is run without serious accident as 25,000 mostly women cheer cobe event to attract 100,000 to-day zly a staff correspondent crown poixt ind june l â€” joe matson a sturdy young dane stolid and phlegmatic defied many dangers for 14 hours 31 minutes and 21 second on the crown point-lowell speedway course to-day and won the western i stock chassis race for the indiana trophy from a field of fifteen com petitors it was the first big automobile race m which matson had over sat m the car as a driver yesterday he was practically an unknown chauffeur to day he has made a name for hims and has won fame by his daring \\ ovl at the wheel of his dimmers-detroit car for 232.74 miles over i course tsa ; wound itself uphill and down h e j sometimes on loads as smooth a a | marble floor at other times on strstahes that were badly cut up and raekii g i both machine and driver mai n pushed his car at an average speed of a little over 51vs miles an hour the time fori light cars has set a mark that automobile men say to night will be hard to beat for years to come the victory of the durable dime ' â€” which was a popular victory m every ! sense of the word â€” was won m ihe presence of 25.000 people stretched out lover the entire length of the track not a serious accident marred une day's sport the first of the two day - | carnival that is being held under the auspices of the Chicago automobile club six of sixteen starters finish sixteen cars started on the spectacu | lar race early m the morning s,x i cars finished others gave up the rflie i through mishaps and other causss i but no car was put entirely ou of i commission and no driver received ai j much as a scratch the day was perfect for the sport conditions were ideal the speedway was m excellent shape the cars we c tuned to the highest notch and the nerves of the men were stretched to their utmost tension starting last m a field of sixteen racing machines matson driving his car to the limit of its power overtook ihls competitors one by one twisting i and squirming waiting for a piece of favorable road taking advantage of every favoring circumstance ma son the llaxen-haired young giant drove a race of consummate skill the vi lory is as much a matson victory as it is a victory for the makers of the machine ; i which he guiied over the perilous course the first of the big automobile road races m the west was run to-day m the presence of a crowd that iva a wildly enthusiastic if not a tremen dously large one women m the majority a majorits of the crowd that aw the race to-day m which records were made were women they were women | who had braved all sorts and manners ef hardship and adventures m order to see the sport hundreds o then | braved long night rides m the 1.11117 june air many had campd om -_- , the long hours in the darkr."ss others were hungry many were disheveled 1 yet no sooner had the autos began their thrilling dashes around the speedway course than all of the dis comforts and the sufferings and every . thing else were forgotten there were eyes after that only for thf men at the steering wheels of the cars women sat for hour m the sun and m the pool breezes which at times \ were really too chillj tor comfort wli a never a thought ot persona disconfll continued on 4th page 2d column r-tuwiwiiiil nuwugiwwihmtiiiiiwkmr tmwbbjbp m weather forecast 5l f h Chicago and vicinity fair l e v saturday probably becoming unset s j i tied sunday rising temperature t='j lu southerly winds fig fro truth never grows old livwh i s that's why it's here repeated â€” w j v a it pays to read t'.r jgi examiner want ads j for coupon m examiner's free piano distribution see page 6 take advantage of the bargains bargains m many lines are to be found among the classi fied advertisements on pages 15 16 and 17 if not to be found among the following it will pay you to look under all of the classifications store and office fixtures animals and birds typewriters poultry billiard and pool tables horses and carriages printing and binding barter and exchange bicycles and supplies plumbers supplies etc it will pay you to read the classified ads every day -.-â€” " " " -